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tonight at ten: the uk terror threat level has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer considered imminent. the change by the government comes as a second man is arrested after a bomb was left on a london tube train. following the attack in parsons green last friday, the police have good progress with what is an ongoing operation. put your hands in the air! this, the moment police raided a house linked to a teenager suspected of planting the device. both men remain in custody tonight. also on the programme: borisjohnson is accused of misusing official statistics after again claiming britain will save £350m a week by leaving the eu. counting the cost of hurricane irma in the british virgin islands — but another storm is on its way. and he said he needed a miracle, and he got it, as lewis hamilton wins in singapore. good evening.
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the home secretary says the uk terror threat level has been reduced from critical to severe, meaning an attack is no longer considered imminent. the change comes after the arrest of a second man in connection with friday's bomb attack on an underground train at parsons green station in london. the 21—year—old suspect was detained at a house in stanwell near heathrow last night. an 18—year—old arrested earlier at dover and suspected of planting the bomb remains in custody. police are still searching a house linked to the teenager at sunbury—on—thames. tom symonds is in stanwell for us tonight, where the latest arrest took place. tom. this investigation started with
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the scrutiny of that smouldering makeshift bomb on the tube on friday, progressed through the scrutiny of hours of cctv footage of trains and platforms. now, the emphasis is on these two properties, two houses, and onto men in custody —— and on two men in custody, who can be held for several days. all of which has taken the pressure off this enquiry. rapid progress and greater clarity. that's how the police describe this unfolding investigation. they raided this second house in west london, close to heathrow airport early this morning, arresting a 21—year—old man. neighbours described him as friendly. he had family that came down from scotland with young children and so forth. we used to give them lollies and everything, we chatted. he used to have his friends out there with his prayer mats and so forth, but we didn't think
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nothing of it. we just thought he was a nice neighbour. armed police. come to the front door now. with your hands in the air. three miles away in sunbury, this was the first police raid yesterday, on the home of elderly foster parents, penny and ron jones. they were led away by heavily armed police, who sealed off the road with large barriers. dave solway saw what happened and knows the couple well. horrific for them, to watch it. i know who they are and what they are like and the good they've done. to see that this has bitten them, after coming out of retirement to try and help with the refugee crisis and do good with the kids. after all the good they've done before retiring, to see this happening in the way it happened... must be heartbreaking. he said they have been looking after a young refugee who had been troubled and wanted to run away.
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from iraq, had been living but he said another young man, originally from iraq, had been living here for several years. the police has been told that the suspect arrested in dover yesterday is iraqi. police said this house is directly linked to that arrest. detectives have given no further details, but they are scrutinising the house closely. tents have been set up to protect possible evidence. however, a 100 metre cordon put in for public safety was removed today. following friday's explosion, the government raised the official threat level to critical, suggesting another attack could be imminent. now it's been reduced again. a signal that police have a better understanding of the plot and the way in which this makeshift bomb was prepared. the joint terrorist analysis centre, which reviews the threat level that the uk is under, have decided to lower that level from critical to severe.
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severe still means that an attack is highly likely, so i would urge everybody to continue to be vigilant, but not alarmed. terrorism suspects can be held in police custody for longer than usual without charge, up to 14 days, depending on the strength of evidence available. this enquiry has a long way to run. tom symons, bbc news, west london. jack durston, who's i6, was one of the passengers friday targeted by the bombers. he's been describing the panic inside the carriage in the moments following the blast to our reporter adina campbell. so, what train are you going to get tomorrow, jack? 16—year—old jack durston is relieved to be home unharmed from friday's attack. are you all set? got everything packed? yeah, think so. when did you notice something was wrong on friday morning? jack told me what happened as the explosion ripped through the carriage. i wasjust listening to music. i had noise cancelling headphones
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on, and i heard a scream, so i took them off and looked to my left, and there was a big sort of wall of fire the whole width of the carriage moving towards us very fast. so, my instinct was tojust run, and i ran away from the fire and out the door. my priority wasjust to get out of that train. the flame was very gaseous flame. that's what singed the carriage. it was as if someone had filled the train with gas and lit a match. what was the first thing you did when you got off the train? we got. i got onto the platform and stood still for a second, and then ijust... it sort of clock, and i just started crying. that was horrible. once out of the station, jack recorded this footage on his mobile phone but wasn't sure what to do next. i was a bit confused about what to do, where to go, whether i should go to school. i called my dad. he said, go to school, because i don't think he realised how involved i was with it and how close i was to it. has what happened to you on friday changed the way you feel about public
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transport and going to college from now on? when i was on the train today going to guildford, i didn't want to sit down because if i'd sat down, maybe i wouldn't be able to i’ui'i. also, i've been very observant. looking for things. there was a coffee cup at guildford station. i just went over and looked at it, because... i don't know. even though it was just a coffee cup. i'm very lucky. the idea that if i'd stayed where i was i would have been much closer. the fact that i escaped that narrowly, i'm very grateful. jack durston, speaking to adina campbell. borisjohnson has been accused of misusing official figures for repeating the claim that the uk will free up £350 million pounds a week on leaving the european union. the head of the uk statistics authority says he's "disappointed" by the claim, which comes as two cabinet ministers accused the foreign secretary of "backseat driving" after he set out his personal vision of britain after brexit. our political correspondent
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alex forsyth reports. it was the contentious claim emblazoned on the vote leave bus. and borisjohnson repeated this weekend while setting out his vision for brexit, prompting an extraordinary row. they had the uk statistics authority he was surprised and disappointed that the foreign secretary had returned to the figure, saying it was a clear misuse of official statistics. the foreign secretary issued a defiant response, saying his article had been wilfully distorted and misrepresented. and all of that followed comments by his cabinet collea g u es followed comments by his cabinet colleagues who weren't thrilled with his public take on brexit.|j colleagues who weren't thrilled with his public take on brexit. i don't wa nt his public take on brexit. i don't want him managing the brexit process. what we have got is theresa may managing that process. she is driving the car, to continue the allegory, and i will make sure that, as far as
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as farasi as far as i and the rest of the cabinet are concerned, we help her do that. this is a difficult moment. this is back—seat driving? do that. this is a difficult moment. this is back-seat driving? you could call it that. boris johnson's article asked for a bold brexit, leading to claims of a cabinet split and attempts to undermine the prime minister. there is no danger he would lose a job. borisjohnson‘s spokesman says he is fully behind the prime minister, who is leading the prime minister, who is leading the negotiations. but privately, there is frustration and some anger at the nature and timing of this intervention, coming less than a week before the prime minister's due to make a major speech on brexit of her own, in florence on friday. in an interview with american television recorded last we can broadcast a day, she described her vision for life outside the eu. some people look at brexit and think it was about the uk turning inward. it wasn't. it is about looking outward
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to the rest of the world but making sure we can control oui’ to the rest of the world but making sure we can control our laws, money and borders. now it is for theresa may to assert their authority over brexit and to settle internal disputes, although it seems boris johnson is intent on fighting his own battles. and alex is with me now. he says he backs the prime minister, but it's pretty clear, frankly, that the foreign secretary doesn't seem happy with the way the brexit talks are going and is clearly not afraid to say so. i think there will be surprised at his decision to resurrect the old row over that £350 million figure. he has really come out fighting, setting out why he thinks he is right, leading to this public spat with one of the country's most senior statisticians. couple that with his wide at article on brexit, which won support, but ruffled feathers, not least in government, and we are seeing a borisjohnson who is not prepared to sit quietly, which could pose challenges for the prime minister.
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at the un this week in new york, the dynamic between the two of them will be watched closely. and the bbc‘s reality check has an explanation of that £350 million claim, and all the facts and figures behind it. that's on the bbc website. a woman awoman and a woman and two children are in critical condition in hospital after... a woman and two children after... are in a critical but stable condition in hospital after a collision on the m5 in gloucestershire which left four people dead. a lorry crashed through the central reservation yesterday, hitting oncoming vehicles. the northbound carriageway has partially reopened. the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, says the leader of myanmar, aung san suu kyi, has one "last chance," to end the military offensive that's forced 400,000 rohingya muslims to escape to neighbouring bangladesh. he's warning the exodus must be reversed now, or the refugees will be recognised as victims of ethnic cleansing.
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0ur correspondentjonathan head reports from the cox's bazar, on the bangaldesh/myanmar border. 0n the muddy shore of bangladesh's southernmost point, the stream of muslims seeking safety never stops. this is one of the places where the boats bring them in. 0n the other side of the naf river, still the fires burn. it is astonishing that more than three weeks after the violence broke out in rakhine state, we're still seeing these incredible numbers of people coming across the naf river looking for shelter here in bangladesh. with so much of the rohingya population already in this country, the chances are the military operation inside myanamar is reaching its natural end. as far as the burmese military is concerned, these people are a historical problem that has now been fixed. mushtaq and his family have just arrived. his home was burned down three weeks ago, he said. he'd sought shelter in four other villages inside myanamar, before being forced to flee to bangladesh. but he has no idea
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where they will live. the camps that have sprung up to house previous waves of rohingyas are already horribly overcrowded. hafiz manjur has come here to try to find a home for himself and his pregnant wife. he arrived from myanmar a week ago, after a harrowing journey. he filmed parts of it. he's tried three other camps, but he's having no luck. gosh, there's a lot of people there. all on the move. we've been living in other people's houses, he told me. we had to leave my mother in myanamar. we need to find somewhere we can house her as well, but we don't have much money. bangladesh doesn't want these people settling here. instead, it's planning to build a huge camp for all 400,000 new arrivals, and to confine them there. it's a drastic step for a country that feels its hospitality has already been stretched too far. jonathan head, bbc news,
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cox's bazar, bangladesh. it's a week and a half since hurricane irma brought destruction to large parts of the caribbean, with the british virgin islands badly hit. residents there face a huge task rebuilding their lives, and while aid is starting to get through, as jeremy cooke reports from tortola, the possible arrival of a new powerful storm threatens more problems. a landscape totally changed by the fury of nature. two weeks ago, this was a lush, green island. now, stripped back to brown. hardly a leaf on a tree for miles. and now misery on misery. tropical rain. if this is the island of the super—rich, there is poverty also. this woman and her nine kids lived through irma,
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their home survived. now, it's under water. i lost everything. everything except the lives of my children. but i lost everything we had. desperate, frustrating times. families, british citizens, needing help. but international rules say overall, these islands are too wealthy to qualify for the uk aid budget. if this is a rich country, i don't understand how me and others, who have lost our roof and everything, still live in a poor situation. after the looting of the early days, it feels safer here now. british cops here to help the ha rd—pressed locals. you need tojoin the queue on that side for me. thank you. and more than 200 british military now on the ground.
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the royal marines helping locals deliver what aid they can find, making a difference. what's struck you most about being here? the sheer devastation of it all. i've never seen anything like it before. now, all of this is still about survival, but once the people here have enough food and water, attention must shift to rebuilding all this devastation, to getting these islands back to work. crucial will be tourism, but where do you start when confronted with this? the loss of income will cost the economy millions, but there is a determination to rebuild. in church today, thoughts focus, not on what has been lost, but on what has been saved. they gave thanks for life. they
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prayed for strength is against a new storm expected to hit these islands early next week. jeremy corbyn, bbc news, on the british virgin islands. jeremy cook, bbc news on the british virgin islands. around half a million new students have been arriving on campuses this weekend to begin their higher education. as they do so, the demand for university mental health services has never been higher. this academic year extra funding is being made available to help students, but campaigners say even more support is needed. jon kay reports. freshers' week was atrocious, i was lying in bed, crying... amid all the fun and freedom, a serious message on campus radio this term. i didn't want to eat, didn't want to do anything. ijust felt horribly sad and glum. students sharing their stories at universities across britain as their mental health is declared a priority. sagar was a grade—a student. he took his own life at the age of 20 after his second year at durham.
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sagar had bipolar disorder, with intense mood swings and depression. his mother is now campaigning to improve mental health services for students all over the uk. these are wasted deaths. these are young people's lives just squandered. you know, we're losing ourfuture. sagar and others like him had so much potential. and it's just gone in a jiffy. last year, five bristol students apparently took their own lives. the university says it was already increasing annual spending on mental health by £1 million, putting counsellors in every department. they say concerns about student finances and job prospects are not the only reasons for the rise in demand. it feels to me there is a real pressure for a lot of young people to be on 24/7, and to be performing, to be successful academically, but also to be successful socially.
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there's no room for people tojust kind of ease back and take life a little easier. half the students who go to a gp here are now reporting mental health issues. but it's notjust a bristol problem. according to the institute for public policy research, last year across the country, 15,000 freshers said they had some kind of mental health issue. that's five times more than a decade ago. the body that represents universities across the uk says it is a growing challenge that's become a strategic priority. it's that feeling ofjust absolute bleakness. kate welcomes the fact that universities are prioritising mental health, but from her own experience, she says they all face a huge challenge. every step of the way, you can tell there are people who care a lot and who are trying to do their best, but there are so many people who need those resources, and
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it's very easy to fall through unless you are really assertive about getting that standard of care. the best people to talk about it are students... as the new term gets underway, campaigners say universities need to do more work with the nhs, so students get consistent help, both when they are away and when they're back home. jon kay, bbc news. and details of where you can get help if you're suffering from mental health problems can be found via the bbc action line. all the information‘s on the bbc‘s website. with all the sport, here's john watson at the bbc sport centre. lewis hamilton won the singapore grand prix to extend his lead in the formula one drivers' championship. on a circuit where ferrari were expected to dominate, a crash at the start forced title rival sebastien vettel to retire. natalie pirks reports. lewis hamilton said he needed a miracle to win amid the tight twists of this circuit. in the darkness,
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came his light. in the land of the singapore sling, the lashing rain served up a perfect cocktail the chaos. max verstappen and sebastian vettel were out from the word go. it was the first time in the history of the sport that both ferraris had crashed out in the opening lap. plotting his waist is a really through the carnage was hamilton. the master of taming wet conditions went on to claim his third win in a i’ow went on to claim his third win in a row and seventh of the season. hamilton wins in singapore. what a turnaround today. fantastic drop with this strategy. what a great day. hamilton is now 28 points clear of vettel. singapore could now have changed the destiny of the formula i title. there were two big games in the premier league today. match of the day 2 follows the news, so if you don't want to know the results just yet, then look away now. wayne rooney's return to his former club ended in defeat as everton were beaten by manchester united.
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romelu lukaku, who moved to old trafford this summer, was on the score sheet in a 4—0 win. arsenal held the champions chelsea to a goalless draw at stamford bridge in what was a more entertaining match than the scoreline suggests. defender david luiz sent off late on for the home side. last season's beaten finalists wasps lost at home to harlequins in rugby union's premiership. the 2a points to 21 defeat was wasps' first of the season, to end their 20—match unbeaten run at home, marland yarde running in one of two tries for the visitors. the hugely anticipated middleweight bout between kazahkstan‘s world champion gennady golovkin and mexico's saul alvarez ended in a controversial draw in las vegas. a split decision from the three judges means golovkin keeps his three world titles and remains unbeaten. a rematch is now looking likely between the two boxers, widely regarded as two of the best of their generation. and on the bbc sport website, you can read about the 18 year old, jake trueman,
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who scored a hattrick on his first super league start, as castleford beat reigning champions wigan, to leave their hopes of reaching the play offs in the balance. that, clive, is all the sport. that's all from me. now, it's time for the news where you are. and they are tvs 0scars. that's the very simple answer. they are a huge dealfor very simple answer. they are a huge deal for shows, especially the ones who may be critically acclaimed, but don't have so many viewers. and any 02 can keep you only ever an extra year or two. it is a huge issue for people. who decides who wins?m isn't any academy basically, the tv networks, people at netflix, they have been putting in the nominees all year. there is a record hello, this is bbc news. american television's most prestigious awards, the emmys, will be handed out tonight. let's take a look at some of the shows that everyone's talking about in the outstanding drama category. hbo's sci—fi western, westworld, leads the way with 22 nominations, including nods for its british stars sir anthony hopkins and thandie newton. netflix's stranger things, a feast of ‘80s nostalgia and supernatural thrills, has 18 nominations.
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another netflix success, the crown, telling the life of a young queen elizabeth ii has 13 nominations, including best actress in a drama for claire foy. and also with 13 nominations is hulu's the handmaid's tale, adapted from margaret atwood's 1985 novel, its star elisabeth moss is tipped by many in the industry to win the best drama actress award. earlier i spoke to entertainment journalist helen 0'hara, editor at large at empire magazine and she explained the importance of the emmys to the television industry. imean, i mean, they are tvs 0scars, that is the simple answer. they are a huge dealfor the simple answer. they are a huge deal for shows, especially the ones who may be critically acclaimed but don't have so many viewers. and emmy
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can bea don't have so many viewers. and emmy can be a huge deal. who decides? the tv networks and people like netflix had been putting in a nominees all year. it is a recognition year, something around 180 people put up foran award. it something around 180 people put up for an award. it is a huge deal, people are up for a chance. you have to like the watch television? all the programmes that have been written about and watch by a lot of people are in with an advantage. what programmes are likely? 0ther programmes? shows? what should we look out for? westworld was most nominated. stranger things is also in with a chance. a canned beans tail as well. and also big little lies. —— a handmaid ‘stale. there
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are too many for one night. so, it isa are too many for one night. so, it is a big deal. some people have a ready one. melissa mccarthy has won earlier. for sean spicer? yes. who else should we look for? claire foy, but i don't insure unseat elisabeth moss. people say tv is dying out. clearly, it is not. people are watching in different ways. you have a choice on how to watch. you can ta ke a choice on how to watch. you can take it week by week which benefits some mystery series. i think it benefited the handmaid ‘stale, but
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bingeing on other shows is a pleasure and you can really get lost. it is a brilliant erupted —— it wasn't so long ago that if you wa nted it wasn't so long ago that if you wanted to make a name for yourself, you need to aim for films, for hollywood. now you have a list is like nicole kidman and rees with reese witherspoon taking these roles. it is great, we're seeing an influx of talent, it means lots of money, an influx of different providers of all the different tv, they are willing to invest in risky things. it is great. windows does this leave cinema ? things. it is great. windows does this leave cinema? and actually going out to the cinema, buying your popcorn and sitting in front of the big screen, when you can watch premiers on other platforms at home? iam premiers on other platforms at home? i am biased, premiers on other platforms at home? iam biased, because premiers on other platforms at home?
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i am biased, because i am a film journalist. i think there is something in the collective viewing ata something in the collective viewing at a cinema where you are sitting with your popcorn that will never entirely go away. this year, hollywood has had a tough year and there is soul—searching going on about where they put their money, how they invest their money and how they can future proof themselves against the incredible challenge of tv. time for a look at the weather. good evening. over the past few days the weather has not been changing very much. we've had that continuing theme of sunshine and heavy showers, sunday was no exception. we had some big showers around, this was the scene in derbyshire earlier. you can see the cumulus clouds there, they bought thunder and hail across parts of the country, particularly heavy over parts of the pennines. as we move through tonight, we will see the showers easing away. low—pressure sitting towards east, but higher pressure taking charge in the northwest. many western part of the country will have a chilly night with clear spells, light winds. it won't be quite as cold further east, where we have some low cloud, and a breeze coming in off the north sea.
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monday will have a fresh, autumnal feeling to the day. towns and cities around 9—11, but in the countryside, we are likely to see some frost. as we had through the course of the week, we start with that theme of sunshine and showers. there will be some rain through the middle of the week.
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